Hardly old school. It's got discs, indicators and injection for starters.
I stopped off at Asda in Barnstaple on my way to Croyde for a surfing holiday recently and there was a guy there with a Royal Enfield. I commented about it being a classic, but, to my surprise, he said it was only a couple of years old, he'd imported it from India where they still made them!
Royal Oilfield is quite well established in the UK with plenty of dealerships. They've recently brought out two 650 twin Interceptor models.
Will the nine T boxer and the other remaining air cooled engined bikes survive the new Euro 5 regulations?Would not be cool to see them killed off
Quote from: VNA on 25 August 2019, 11:32:55 amWill the nine T boxer and the other remaining air cooled engined bikes survive the new Euro 5 regulations?Would not be cool to see them killed off No Politics remember .
And more the VNAs point I cant see it wiping the engine out completely. It'll just mean more investment will be needed into the development of said engine to make it fit the mold thus increasing costs to us....... definitely not cool 👎
You might think that a piece of EU legislation is relevant only on that continent, but European emission rules are fast becoming the closest thing we have to a worldwide standard. Massive international bike markets including India and China also base their legislation on Europe’s emissions limits, and Japan also aligned itself with Euro 4 back in 2017.
It strikes me that to make a bike 'cool' you take a perfectly good machine and make it less comfortable, practical and often more ugly. Whoever decides these things won't be anyone who's opinion I care about (yes I know people don't care about my opinion either). I'm quite happy to be uncool CheersJohn